Comments on: Yahoo Local’s Affiliate Spam: ‘A Unique Case’ http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/ Because not everyone can throw thousands of dollars at the 'How do we market ourselves online?' question... Sat, 17 May 2008 07:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: AhmedF http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-18927 AhmedF Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:09:00 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-18927 Wait I'm confused. If you submit an update to Yahoo, they say they will review it (ie it doesn't go live). How did they allow over a THOUSAND affiliate links in? Wait I’m confused.

If you submit an update to Yahoo, they say they will review it (ie it doesn’t go live).

How did they allow over a THOUSAND affiliate links in?

]]> By: Miriam http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-18926 Miriam Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:10:24 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-18926 It's good to know that Yahoo is trying to stay on top of this. I'm not sure we'd get this kind of personal response from Google. It's hard to know what an entity as large as Yahoo would think of as a major problem. I know Mike found at least 800 cases of affiliate map spam in Yahoo Local, but when you're dealing with MILLIONS of records, maybe a few hundred or thousand problems seems small? Hard to picture. I do applaud Yahoo! for responding to this. Great posting, Matt. Looking forward to your further coverage of this. Miriam It’s good to know that Yahoo is trying to stay on top of this. I’m not sure we’d get this kind of personal response from Google.

It’s hard to know what an entity as large as Yahoo would think of as a major problem. I know Mike found at least 800 cases of affiliate map spam in Yahoo Local, but when you’re dealing with MILLIONS of records, maybe a few hundred or thousand problems seems small? Hard to picture.

I do applaud Yahoo! for responding to this. Great posting, Matt. Looking forward to your further coverage of this.
Miriam

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